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Sudarshan Pattnaik

05 Nov 2015

`Don't return awards, express views creatively`: Sudarshan Pattnaik

"Expressing intolerance should be done creatively, but returning award is not right," says Sudarshan Pattnaik.

01 Nov 2015

Sheikh Hasina is saviour of Islamists, proud of India but ashamed of Bangladesh: Taslima Nasreen

Taslima Nasreen has slammed the established writers in Bangladesh for not protesting against the recent violent incidents.

Amitabh Bachchan

31 Oct 2015

I want to avoid unwanted controversy: Amitabh Bachchan

Big B's latest initiative to connect with his fans and well-wishers across the globe is Wakau, a celebrity video blogging application.

29 Oct 2015

Return of awards just a 'show': Ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair

Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair on Thursday disapproved move by scientists and writers to return their awards alleging "growing intolerance" in the country, and dubbied their action as a mere "show".

Sangeet Natak Akademi

23 Oct 2015

Returning awards may not be right way to protest: Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees

Returning awards by writers may not be the correct way to agitate against intolerance but they are entitled to decide the way they want to protest, feel dance, drama and music artistes who received Sangeet Natak Akademi awards today.

Sahitya Akademi

23 Oct 2015

Writers take out protest march in Delhi, submit memorandum to Sahitya Akademi

Interestingly, there's another group of writers who are present at the venue to protest against the writers who have decided to return their awards.

19 Oct 2015

Writers have no other methods to lodge protest: Munawwar Rana

A day after Munawwar Rana announced that he would be returning his Sahitya Akademi award, the renowned Urdu poet on Monday said the writers in the country have not been left with any strong methods to lodge their protest.

Sahitya Akademi

18 Oct 2015

Sahitya Akademi must ensure moral policing is curbed: Writer

The Sahitya Akademi should urge the government to ensure stringent measures to curb moral policing by "protagonists of mono-culturism", Goan Sahitya Akademi award-winner Damodar Mauzo has said.

18 Oct 2015

Most Bengali writers were supporters of CPIM, now they're supporters of TMC: Taslima Nasreen

After criticising the pseudo secular philosophy prevailing in India, Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen has now also exposed the names of some writers whom she accuses of having double standards.

writers protest

18 Oct 2015

Politicians in India appease Muslims which annoys Hindus: Taslima Nasreen

Reinforcing the need to end pseudo secularism, noted Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has questioned the double standards of writers protesting against 'growing intolerance' in India.

15 Oct 2015

Writers' protest is Congress sponsored, alleges BJP

Questioning why the writers did not protest in a similar manner after riots and killings in the past, BJP on Thursday alleged it was a "Congress sponsored" move and those returning awards in the wake of Dadri incident were doing a "new kind of politics" after their "patrons" lost.

13 Oct 2015

Punjabi author returns Padma Shri, more writers protest

Eminent Punjabi writer and Padma Shri winner Dalip Kaur Tiwana today decided to return her award protesting "recurrent atrocities" on Muslims in the country as another Kannada writer joined authors giving up their Sahitya Akademi Awards against "growing intolerance".

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